A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has kept alive a closely watched challenge to the Trump administration’s proposed $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund,” signaling she is not persuaded the case should disappear simply because the government now says the plan has been abandoned.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema’s reaction is significant less for the fate of the fund itself than for…
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With Saturday’s reporting cycle still thin, the most consequential U.S. legal developments available to practitioners remain the major court, enforcement, and legislative items that broke on Friday, September 18, 2026. That timing issue is more than a newsroom footnote: for litigators and in-house teams, the “latest” actionable legal news often lands at the end of the week, creating a narrow…
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A September 14, 2026 filing in 4:23-cv-00770 tees up one of the most consequential phases of aggregate litigation: class certification. In No. 418, Motion to Certify Class, plaintiff Jill E. asks the Northern District of California to allow the case to proceed on behalf of a broader group rather than as an individual dispute. View full case on Docket …
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A massage therapist has revived sexual assault claims against Harvey Weinstein and Madison Square Garden executive James Dolan in New York state court, reasserting allegations that had previously appeared in a federal sex-trafficking suit that was dismissed. The new filing by Kellye Croft shifts the dispute into a different procedural posture and puts a closely watched celebrity civil case back…
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A Texas bankruptcy judge has approved the Chapter 11 plan for CVS subsidiary Omnicare, marking the latest turn in a restructuring shaped by both an asset sale and a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. The confirmation is notable not just because it advances Omnicare’s exit from bankruptcy, but because it shows how a company facing major healthcare-related liabilities…
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A legal operations professional requested a demo earlier this year with a note that intrigued me. She said that she was going to “stack” a CLM solution, and she was looking for the workflow portion (which is what my product, Josef, does).When we met, I dug in further, finding that she’d piloted three CLM tools in the preceding year,…
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Nominations are now open for the 2027 Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award, which recognizes an innovator who, early in their career, has made a significant impact toward making the American legal system work better for everyone.That description fits the person for whom the award is named. Alli Gerkman died of breast cancer in 2019 at the way-too-young age of…
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Matterbee believes the traditional practice management system has had its day. Founded in 2024, the UK startup has built an AI-native platform on Salesforce and Azure that combines matters, documents, […]
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The Ministry of Justice is inviting submissions from individuals interested in joining the new LawtechUK Advisory Board or becoming a LawtechUK Ambassador to support the next phase of the programme. […]
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Yesterday, OpenAI released Astra for Law, a GPT-6 model tailored for legal work, as I reported here. The announcement included news of 26 new ChatGPT plugins from legal tech vendors, but it mentioned only four: Harvey, iManage, Legora and Thomson Reuters. When I asked OpenAI for the full list, I got no answer.However, no sooner did I publish my…
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In a closely watched state-law ruling, the Washington Supreme Court struck down Initiative 2066, a voter-approved measure designed to curb state and local efforts to move buildings and utilities away from natural gas. In Climate Solutions v. State, the court held that the initiative violated the Washington Constitution’s single-subject rule, rendering the measure invalid.

The decision matters well beyond…
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Two legal holds can follow the same policy and still produce very different records.
The difference often lies in execution: how quickly non-responses are addressed, how custodian changes are captured, how revised communications are controlled, and how consistently activity is documented.
That variation matters.
In legal hold management, maturity is not defined simply by whether procedures exist. It is reflected…
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OpenAI has launched Astra for Law, combining GPT-6 Astra with tools and instructions designed for legal work, including a new Legal Search Index spanning U.S. case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, and administrative decisions. OpenAI also launched 26 legal plugins that connect specialized legal tools and knowledge directly to ChatGPT. The launch points to a […]
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